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Details Title: Ch9 Europe & the Byzantine Emp Description: Important Terms & People Total Flash Cards: 35 Created: 01/11/2005 10:00:51	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term chivalry Definition system, principles, and customs of knighthoods Term clergy Definition church officials Term wergild Definition value of a person in money Term abbess Definition female superior of a convent of nuns Term schism Definition a separation or break Term vassal Definition man who serves a lord in a military capacity Term estate Definition major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commoners, formerly possessing distinct political rights Term knight Definition tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder Term bishopric Definition the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends Term monastery Definition a religious community where monks live a spiritual life Term monk Definition man who separates himself from human society to pursue dedication to God Term pope Definition the head of the Roman Catholic Church Term feudal contract Definition unwritten rules that determined a relationship between a lord and his vassal Term scriptoria Definition rooms in a monastery set aside for the writing of manuscripts and records Term missionary Definition someone who goes out to spread a religious message Term tournaments Definition under feudalism, a series of martial activities such as jousts designed to keep knights busy during peacetime and help them prepare for war Term Clovis Definition established Frankish kingdom around A.D. 500. 1st Germanic ruler to convert to Christianity. Term Gregory I Definition Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604. He was very active in converting the non-Christian peoples of Germanic Europe to Christianity Term Saint Benedict Definition Monk who established the basic form of monasticism Term Pepin Definition Mayor of the Palace who assumed kingship of the Frankish kingdom. Charlemagne's father. Term Charlemagne Definition Ruled the Carolingian empire from 768 to 814; crowned emperor of the Romans--symbolized the coming together of Roman, Christian and Germanic cultures Term Magyars Definition people from western Asia who settled on the plains of Hungary Term Vikings Definition Northmen or Norsemen of Scandinavia. They were warriors, shipbuilders and sailors. Term Eleanor of Aquitaine Definition married to King Henry II of England; mother of King Richard and King John Term William of Normandy Definition (William the Conqueror)defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings to take Norman control of England. Term Henry II Definition king of England 1154 to 1189; helped create common law by strengthening the royal court system and expanding the power of the king Term Thomas a Becket Definition Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered because he disagreed with Henry II Term Philip II Augustus Definition French monarch ruled from 1180 to 1223; regained territory from the English Term Otto I Definition Saxon king of Germany, crowned emperor of Rome in 962 Term Alexander Nevsky Definition Russian Grand Prince Term Justinian Definition emperor of the Eastern Roman empire527-565; He rebuilt Constantinople and the roman empire, also codified Roman Law (the Body of Civil Law). Term Justinian Definition emperor of the Eastern Roman empire527-565; He rebuilt Constantinople and the roman empire, also codified Roman Law (the Body of Civil Law). Term St. Bernard of Clairvaux Definition organized second Crusade after the fall of the Latin crusader states Term Saladin Definition Muslim ruler who negotiated peace with Richard the Lionhearted Term Pope Innocent III Definition organized the 4th crusade after the death of Saladin